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How Pokemon inspired the US military to devise a seizure gun
With all the hullabaloo over whether or not games cause violent behaviour, we can say at the very least that they can inspire TV shows that in turn inspire silly government militaries to develop weapons. No, really.In 1997 an episode of the Pokemon cartoon triggered hundred of seizures in about 700 viewers prone to epileptic fits. This inspired the US military to develop a gun that would simulate Pikachu’s flickering exploits, only on a more dangerous scale to encompass even those without epilepsy.According to a report at Wired, a 1998 secret Army intelligence analysis dreamed up the idea of a seizure gun that would blast its users foes with electromagnetic energy until their brains would overload and they’d convulse.Read more…
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